Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: sample document library: laying the groundwork

[Stuart Joseph (stuart]

Tree,

Tree Bressen wrote:
> On the wiki question, i have mixed feelings.  I personally feel fond of 
> wikis.  I resonate with the concept.  I'm confident the appropriate wiki 
> software could be located, for free.  In principle i think it could work 
> fine.  But when it comes to actually doing it on the ground, i have two 
> concerns:
>
> 1. I think it would still need to be moderated and paid attention 
> to.  Given that, it might actually be *less* labor for one well-organized 
> person to receive documents and post them appropriately than for one or 
> more folks to track changes to a wiki, check out each change and make sure 
> it is furthering the purpose of the site.  I'm suggesting that it could be 
> easier to play gatekeeper at the intake point, just like our public 
> libraries do.
>   
Good point. I am somewhat computer/Internet savvy, but I don't know how 
I would be at setting up a Wiki, which is another concern, as someone 
needs to install it. I looked over the TWiki installation instructions 
and they were pretty daunting, so I would not want to attempt it.
> One more note, about format.  I understand why it is probably preferable to 
> have the library in PDF or text rather than Word.  But i think a lot of 
> community policies are currently available in Word, and not everybody is 
> set up to convert from Word to PDF, and if they go to text-only then they 
> lose the formatting that makes the document more readable.
Actually, converting a Word Document to PDF is pretty easy. If you 
install a program that will covert a Word Doc to PDF, all that it 
entails is selecting "PDF" under the "Print" option instead of choosing 
your printer. You then get to name the file and where to save it, just 
as you would with the Save As option.

I use PDF Suite 995, which has a free version. The free version will 
show ads for the PDF995 products, but only those products.
There are other features in the Suite for working with PDF's, but you 
don't need to use them. Here is the URL: http://www.pdf995.com/
>   
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Stuart Joseph, 802-463-1954
Project Director
Caer Coburn, a traditional village based upon  and intentional communities
Rockingham, Vermont, USA
http://www.caercoburn.org